Moths of North Carolina
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38 NC Records

Antaeotricha albulella (Walker, 1864) - No Common Name

Antaeotricha albulellaAntaeotricha albulella
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Gelechioidea		 Family:
Depressariidae		Subfamily:
Stenomatinae		P3 Number:
59a0237		 MONA Number:
1024.00
Comments: The genus Antaeotricha is endemic to the New World and includes nearly 400 species of mostly neotropical species. Twenty species are currently recognized in North America.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Duckworth (1964)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The following is based on the description by Duckworth (1964). The face is white and the labial palp is white with dusky scales on the exterior sides in the male. The legs are white and speckled with dusky scales. The dorsum of the thorax, abdomen and forewing are white, except for the costal that is slightly edged ocherous, and one or two small black dots on the forewing at the distal end of the discal cell. The hindwing is white with white cilia. This species closely resembles A. floridella that is currently only known from sandhill and scrub habitats in Florida. The latter typically lacks the discal spots seen on A. albulella and has pale gray hindwings.
Wingspan: 15-21 mm (Duckworth, 1964)
Adult Structural Features: Duckworth (1964) describes and illustrates the male and female genitalia.
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: Very little is known about the larval ecology and life history. The larvae appear to be monophagous of oaks and are leaftiers (Hayden and Dickel, 2015).
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: Antaeotricha albulella is found in the eastern US and is primarily limited to the Southeast. The range extends primarily along coastal regions from New Jersey southward to North Carolina, then broadens to include a wide swath from South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida westward to Oklahoma. As of 2020, we have four records that include Dare and Carteret counties on the coast and Wake County in the Piedmont.
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Antaeotricha albulella
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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